Topics
 
  • What is SOA and why is it important?
  • What are the key elements that comprise SOA?
  • How will SOA impact your organization?
  • What value-add does SOA provide?
  • How can business process modeling and management make your business more agile?
  • What does the SOA adoption process look like?
What you will learn
 

After completing this seminar, the attendee should be able to:

  • Understand what SOA is and why there is so much momentum behind it
  • Articulate the SOA value proposition and its business implications
  • Identity the various elements of a successful SOA implementation
  • Understand the importance of business process modeling and process management to SOA
  • Describe the purpose of SOA governance
  • Understand the SOA adoption process
Audience
 

Executives, senior management, line of business managers

Prerequisites
 

None.

Duration
  Half Day.

Outline for SOA for Executives Training

Chapter 1. SOA Fundamentals

  • Defining Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
  • Putting SOA in Context
  • SOA As an Alignment Strategy
  • The SOA Umbrella
  • What’s a Service?
  • Service Actors
  • Serving Up SOA
  • Business Process Management
  • BPM & Workflow
  • SOA Governance
  • SOA Governance Model
  • SOA Job Role Impact
  • Before SOA
  • SOA Re-Organization
  • What Makes a Good Design?
  • Is SOA a New Concept?
  • Service Orienting the Enterprise
  • Service Oriented Thinking
  • SOA Is Perfect…NOT!
  • Service Characteristics
  • When Do I Need a Service?
  • About Services in SOA
  • Contract-Driven Software
  • SOA Standards
  • Summary

Chapter 2. SOA Case Study

  • What is a Case Study?
  • Case Study Background
  • Additional Background
  • The Problem Statement
  • Status Quo Issues
  • Status Quo Issues (continued)
  • Opportunities
  • How Can SOA Help?
  • Example Solution Snippet
  • Summary

Chapter 3. SOA Value Proposition

  • The SOA Value Proposition
  • Reducing Integration Expense
  • Integration Costs Illustration
  • Ripple Effect of Changes
  • The Value of Service Layering
  • Advantage of SOA Layering
  • Increasing Asset Reuse
  • SOA Economics/ROI
  • Asset Reuse Illustration
  • Service Reuse v. Object Reuse
  • Increasing Business Agility
  • Business Agility Illustration
  • Traditional EAI Approach
  • Problems with Traditional EAI Approach
  • Change Flow Using Legacy Approach
  • SOA Agility
  • Build the Services
  • Build the Process or Message Flow
  • We Can Easily Change the Process
  • Reducing Business Risk
  • Example: Compliance Using SOA
  • Business Advantages
  • ROI Quantification Hurdles
  • Real World SOA Example - Sears Canada
  • Real World SOA Example - BlueStar Energy
  • Real World SOA Example - Reliance Life Insurance
  • Real World SOA Example - Harley-Davidson
  • Summary
10/30/2023 - 10/30/2023
10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time
Online Virtual Class
USD $680.00
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10:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Eastern Standard Time
Online Virtual Class
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Eastern Standard Time
Online Virtual Class
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